The presigmoid approach to anterolateral pontine cavernomas: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 701-708

  Hauck, Erik Friedrich ^a   Barnett, Samuel L ^a   White, Jonathan Ari ^a   Samson, Duke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brainstem cavernoma; Pontine cavernoma; Presigmoid approach

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTEROLATERAL PONTINE CAVERNOMA; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM TUMOR; CANCER SURGERY; CEREBROVASCULAR SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEARING AID; HEARING DISORDER; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LIQUORRHEA; MALE; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PONS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESIGMOID APPROACH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TUMOR RECURRENCE; VASCULAR TUMOR; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE; BRAIN STEM NEOPLASMS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN STEM NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PONS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77957828251     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.1.JNS08413     Document Type: Article

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